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A decorated hero returns home after multiple tours of duty only to find the lives of loved ones threatened. To make his home safe, he does battle one last time - one time too many. After slaying his enemies, he murders his wife and children, unable to tell them apart. No playwright, ancient or contemporary, has written with greater power and poignancy of war and its enduring wounds. In this volume, the distinguished author, translator, and playwright Robert Meagher presents a new eminently actable translation of Euripides's "Herakles" along with a concise commentary on the play and an extensive essay on the trauma of war, the true face of heroism, and the healing power of friendship and community.